Defence Command (Denmark)
| Danish Defence Command (DCD) | |
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| Forsvarskommando | |
Lieutenant General Max A.L.T. Nielsen | |
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The Danish Defence Command (DCD) (
It consists of the
History
The Defence Command was established on the basic of law no. 334 of 18 June 1969 about the origination of the Danish Defence; in order to reduce resources expended and make a true combined Defence command of Denmark. It was a continuation of the Danish defence re-construction of 1950, which erected Ministry of Defence, Chief of Defence, Defence Staff, Army Command, Søværnskommandoen and Flyverkommandoen.
These latter commands were in 1969 combined into one and placed under the Ministry of Defence, giving the Chief of Defence full administrative and operational command of all branches of the Danish military. The staff of these former branch commands continued to exist inside FKO, but in 1982, which saw a major reconstruction of FKO, they too vanished in favour of an even more branch independent organisation. The reorganization resulted in a unified command structure similar to the previous General Command.
The Danish Defence agreement 2005–09 called for another major re-construction of the Danish military, affecting the origination of FKO.
Between 1973 and 2006 FKO was located in
FKO moved to Søarsenalet on Holmen Naval Base on July 24, 2006.
As a result of the
Organization
The entities and authorities which were previously subject to the operational commands, referring now directly to FKO.[5]
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| Joint Operations Staff Lieutenant General Kenneth Pedersen | Plans, Policy and Coordination Staff Rear Admiral Joint Arctic Command Major General Kim Jesper Jørgensen | Special Operations Command Major General Peter Boysen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ organizational chart
- ^ Organisation of the Defence Command
- ^ "Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017". fmn.dk. Ministry of Defence. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Forsvarschefen om implementeringen af Forsvarsforliget". DSM (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- forsvaret.dk. Forsvaret. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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